Sunday 5^th April

I must start with a correction, following a WhatsApp from neighbour Richard. At 8pm last Thursday, when I reported that our Lane was all quiet, it seems that the Lane was indeed clapping and banging saucepans in support of the NHS. I clearly arrived late to the party. I will try harder next Thursday. A second church service using “Zoom” business meeting software this morning. 17 of us take part, including couples – the online congregation is growing. Zoom works well, but we are having a bit of trouble adapting the normal Sunday service to a format that works with Zoom. Other churches are relying on YouTube, the Minister/Vicar/Priest recording a sermon or talk for the congregation to view at their leisure. I prefer our attempt – maybe not so smooth, but we are meeting together at the same time, and able to greet each other and have a brief chat, just as we would at church. After the service we walk the dogs around the quarry and down to the wildlife pond near Huncote. Two muscular men are taking it in turns to do press-ups on a grassy patch overlooking the quarry. We put Ellie on a lead to stop her from running over to join in, and the men have enough breath to wish us a cheery Good Morning. A drone flies purposefully from the direction of Croft Hill, turning left over the quarry, and disappears over Huncote, without pausing or hovering as would be expected by a “hobby drone”. Derbyshire Police monitor Peak District trails using a drone. Maybe Leicestershire Police are doing the same over popular “open spaces”. Londoners have been sunbathing in parks, and because of this there is talk of a nationwide ban on exercising out of doors. The logic of this, instead if using Police enforcement, is beyond me, and I have a mini-rant to a neighbour over the garden fence. A further busy day in the garden, and I am still putting tools away at 8pm, but stop to watch the Queen addressing the Nation about the virus crisis.

Posted: Monday, April 6th, 2020
Category: News and Views from the Oakstump
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